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  Golden State Warriors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Warriors and C.D. Chivas USA of MLS currently are the only major league franchises in the United States to exclude the name of their city, metro area, state or region from the team's name.
Warriors fans hoped that 2005-2006 would finally be the season that the team ended their playoff drought.
On April 5, the Warriors were eliminated from playoff contention with a 114-109 overtime loss to the Hornets, extending their playoff drought to 12 seasons.
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 San Francisco, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth-largest city in California and the fourteenth-largest in the United States, with a 2005 population of 739,426.
San Francisco is renowned for its months-long episodes of fog, steep rolling hills, the eclectic mix of Victorian and modern architecture, and its peninsular location surrounded on three sides by the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay.
San Francisco is located on the west coast of the U.S. at the tip of the San Francisco Peninsula and includes significant stretches of the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay within its boundaries.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Francisco,_California   (6854 words)

  
 Golden State Warriors (1962-Present)
Their 2nd season in San Francisco brought better results as a team coached by Alex Hannum and led by Wilt Chamberlain, Tom Meschery, Wayne Hightower, Guy Rodgers, Al Attles, Gary Phillips, and Nate Thurmond-rose to the top of the Western Division with a 48-32 record.
However it would be the last taste of success for the Warriors as they struggled down the stretch winning just 8 of their last 22 to finish in 6th place with a 38-44 record, which held them out of the playoffs for the 9th straight season.
The Warriors who were in a year of rebuilding and retooling got off to a slow start as they dropped their first 6 games on the way to an awful 3-12 start.
www.sportsecyclopedia.com /nba/goldst/gswarriors.html   (3395 words)

  
 San Francisco Travel Guide - USA Tourist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
San Francisco is on the coast of California about 400 miles north of Los Angeles.
San Francisco was founded in 1776 when father Junipero Serra constructed the mission San Dolores to Christianize the local native Indian population.
By 1849, San Francisco was inundated with "forty-niners" as the gold seekers were commonly called, and the population of the city exploded.
www.usatourist.com /english/places/california/sanfrancisco.html   (1514 words)

  
 Philadelphia Warriors (1946-1962)
In the playoffs the Warriors are once again beaten in 2 straight this time falling to the Syracuse Nationals.
Center Neil Johnston once again leads the NBA in scoring at 24.4 ppg, but it is not enough as the Warriors miss the playoffs for the second straight year by finishing in 4th place with a 29-43 record.
Coming of their World Championship the Warriors struggled all season and just barely snuck into the playoffs holding off the New York Knicks by 1 point for the final playoff spot with a 37-35 record.
www.sportsecyclopedia.com /nba/pwar/phlwarriors.html   (1235 words)

  
 San Francisco Warriors Mitchell & Ness Jerseys
This is the number worn by Nate Thurmond with the 1966-67 San Francisco Warriors.
The Philadelphia Warriors were the first champions of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), the league that evolved into today's NBA.
A disappointing first two years in San Francisco and Wilt Chamberlain's desire to return to Philadelphia led the team to trade him on January 15, 1965 to the 76ers.
www.topprospectalert.com /san-francisco-warriors-mitchell-ness-jerseys.htm   (630 words)

  
 Hardwood Classics-San Francisco/ Philadelphia Warriors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In 1965, the San Francisco Warriors drafted Rick Barry #24 in the second round.
In 1965, the San Francisco Warriors drafted Barry #24 in the second round.
The Nats had been in the NBA since the league's first year of existence and came to the City of Brotherly Love in 1963, just after the Warriors (Wilt Chamberlain #13) had abandoned Philadelphia for San Francisco.
www.dugout-memories.com /hardwarr.html   (98 words)

  
 NBA.com: Nate Thurmond Bio
The San Francisco Warriors selected Thurmond with the third overall pick in the 1963 NBA Draft, behind Art Heyman of Duke and Rod Thorn of West Virginia.
One year removed from playing for the championship, San Francisco finished the 1964-65 campaign with a 17-63 record, the worst in the NBA by 14 games.
Rick Barry arrived for the 1965-66 season and helped lead San Francisco back to respectability at 35-45, though the Warriors missed the playoffs for the second straight year.
www.nba.com /history/players/thurmond_bio.html   (2193 words)

  
 San Francisco, California Hotels - Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
San Francisco is the home of the San Francisco 49ers National Football League team and the San Francisco Giants Major League Baseball team.
The basketball and ice hockey teams were once based out of San Francisco and played out of the Cow Palace located at the southern border with Daly City.
The city is also the home of the annual Bay to Breakers footrace, which holds the world records for greatest number of participants in a footrace (110K in 1986) as well as longest consecutively running footrace (annually since 1912).
www.san-francisco-hotels-ca.info /Sports.html   (237 words)

  
 Golden State Warriors of The NBA - Golden State Warriors History - Golden State Warriors Basketball in Oakland - ...
The Warriors are the only major professional basketball franchise to exclude the legal name of their city or state from the team's name.
Warriors fans hope that 2005-2006 will finally be the season that the team makes the playoffs.
In addition, the team is getting a boost from the younger guys including Ike Diogu, who is proving himself as the valuable low-post scorer the Warriors need, Chris Taft who is trying to prove his critics wrong and is making the most of his minutes, and Monta Ellis.
www.sportsbusinesssims.com /golden-state-warriors.htm   (1191 words)

  
 ESPN.com - MLB - - San Francisco Giants - Player Card   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The All-Star right-hander, likely in his final season with San Francisco, is enjoying the Giants' pennant race.
Matt Cain carried a no-hit bid into the sixth on the way to his fourth straight victory, and the San Francisco Giants gained ground on the NL wild-card leading San Diego Padres with a 4-0 win on Friday night.
San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds, center, swings on his two-run home run off of San Diego Padres' David Wells,...
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 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Warriors 104, 76ers 85
Troy Murphy scored 17 points and Mickael Pietrus had 14 for the Warriors, who are in last place in the Pacific Division.
The Nats were purchased by Philadelphian Irv Kosloff and Ike Richman in the spring of 1963, and the NBA approved the franchise shift and name change from the Nationals to the 76ers.
The Warriors wore their blue "The City" uniforms of the 1966-67 San Francisco Warriors.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/nba/20050308-1831-bkn-warriors-76ers.html   (547 words)

  
 Harbor High grad scores two in rout of Bulls The Associated Press November 17, 1999
Chris Mills had 14 points for the Warriors, who opened a 20-point lead by halftime and stayed well in front over the last two quarters to win at home for the first time in four tries this season.
It was Warriors’ first win over the Bulls since a 118-110 decision in Chicago on Nov. 5, 1991.
In front by 20 points at the break, the Warriors scored seven straight points to open the third period, with Starks hitting a 3-pointer and a 15-foot jumper around Jamison’s breakaway slam.
www.santacruzsentinel.com /archive/1999/November/17/sport/stories/3sport.htm   (714 words)

  
 Philadelphia Warriors Mitchell & Ness Jerseys
The combination of Paul Arizin and Neil Johnston gave the Warriors and unmatched outside-inside scoring tandem.
This is the number worn by Wilt Chamberlain with the 1961-62 San Francisco Warriors.
This is the number worn by Wilt Chamberlain with the 1961-62 Philadelphia Warriors.
www.topprospectalert.com /philadelphia-warriors-mitchell-ness-jerseys.htm   (933 words)

  
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Mitchell & Ness 1966-1967 San Francisco Warriors royal blue double knit road throwback jersey #42 Nate Thurmond After trading Wilt Chamberlain, their leading scorer, to the Philadelphia 76ers, the San Francisco Warriors finished the 1964-1965 season with just 17 wins to their name.
Mitchell & Ness 1966-1967 San Francisco Warriors royal double knit road throwback jersey #24 Rick Barry After trading Wilt Chamberlain, their leading scorer, to the Philadelphia 76ers, the San Francisco Warriors finished the 1964-1965 season with just 17 wins to their name.
Mitchell & Ness 1961-1962 Philadelphia Warriors royal double knit road throwback jersey #13 Wilt Chamberlain On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain set an NBA single game scoring record by scoring 100 points against the New York Knicks in Hershey, PA. Chamberlain was a dominant force for the Warriors a...
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 Alex Hannum Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Hannum then became coach of a San Francisco Warrior team that had finished fourth in the Western Division the previous year and led them to a first place finish and an NBA Finals appearance.
Under Hannum's guidance in San Francisco, Wilt Chamberlain altered his game from offense-oriented to defense-and-team-oriented, a trait that would later help him win an NBA title.
Both Hannum and Chamberlain left San Francisco, but were reunited in Philadelphia in the 1966-67 season.
www.hoophall.com /halloffamers/Hannum.htm   (626 words)

  
 San Francisco Pilots - Deadspin
But professional basketball returned to San Francisco on Tuesday, and for the 1,000 people or so who turned out at Kezar Pavilion, that was enough.
And four years later (skipping 2003-04 to "reorganize") the league boasts 47 teams, including an expansion franchise in San Francisco, the Pilots.
We sat in the stands (the "press area" consisted of a folding table which was occupied by a large box of promotional T-shirts), where we met Tim Weidner, a San Francisco native who plans on attending every home game.
www.deadspin.com /sports/san-francisco-pilots   (518 words)

  
 Rick Barry Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In 1965, the San Francisco Warriors drafted Barry in the first round.
During his 14-year professional career, four in the ABA (Oakland, Washington and the New York Nets) and 10 in the NBA (San Francisco, Golden State and Houston), Barry was a 12-time All-Star.
In 1975, Barry was named the NBA championship series MVP after leading the underdog and undermanned Warriors to a four-game sweep of the Washington Bullets.
www.hoophall.com /halloffamers/BarryR.htm   (453 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- These Warriors believe they can beat anybody   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
At 30-30, the Warriors are at.500 for the first time in nine years.
The Warriors haven't had so many victories since they were 30-52 in 1996-97.
Musselman lived in Rapid City, S.D., and was coaching in the CBA the last time the Warriors had this much success.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/nba/20030305-1216-bkn-warriorsturnaround.html   (675 words)

  
 Golden State Warriors Information: Warriors Information @ BuySellTix.com.
Then they were the San Francisco Warriors from 1962 until 1971, and have been the Golden State Warriors ever since.
The Golden State Warriors of the Western Conference Pacific Division of the NBA take to the court at Oakland Arena for their homes games, just like the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers take to the court at Staples Center.
The Golden State Warriors Roster, the Los Angeles Clippers Roster, and the Los Angeles Lakers Roster are all here.
www.buyselltix.com /nba/warriorsInfo.php   (267 words)

  
 TIME.com: Sweet Revenge -- May 5, 1967 -- Page 1
When Wilt Chamberlain was with the San Francisco Warriors, local sportswriters tended to regard him as an oversized goon who could dunk the ball but rated zero on team play.
Last week the two old Warriors led the 76ers against San Francisco in the finals of the National Basketball Association championships.
Final score: Philadelphia 125, San Francisco 122, thus giving the 76ers their first championship and ending Wilt's eight-year frustration over the fact that he had never been on a title-winning team.
www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,899493,00.html   (505 words)

  
 WARRIORS NOTEBOOK / Elbow leaves Davis feeling dizzy
The Warriors point guard exited the game in the third quarter and did not return.
The Warriors tandem ended up tipping the ball back into the basket, and before it fell through the hoop, a disgusted Murphy reached in from underneath the rim and poked the ball away.
The Warriors shot 5-for-21 (24 percent) from 3-point range...
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/20/SPGU8GAQ8D1.DTL   (280 words)

  
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 Stanford basketball coach tapped to lead Warriors - San Francisco Business Times:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Golden State Warriors announced Friday that Montgomery is the team's new head coach, replacing Eric Musselman, who was fired Wednesday after two seasons.
Despite the Warriors' 10th consecutive losing season, the team reported a new single-season franchise attendance record this year.
The Warriors packed in an average of 16,235 per game at the Oakland Arena, up from 15,485 last year.
www.bizjournals.com /sanfrancisco/stories/2004/05/17/daily66.html   (481 words)

  
 Metroblogging San Francisco
The city of San Francisco is one of the most amazing cities in the world, and although it is not the place where I was born, it is the place that I call home.
And for that reason, I am starting a blog about life in San Francisco, to share the joys of the city, its moments of inspirations and its places for escape with those people who don't have the luxury of experiencing it first hand every day.
San Francisco was ranked the 2nd most popular choice of a city to live in, just behind New York City in a new Harris poll.
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 San Francisco Bay Area Dragon Warriors Dragon Boat Racing Team
The Warriors carry out a sweep in the 500 meter races and a near sweep in the 250 meter category at the 2005 USDBF Central Region Championships!
The Dragon Warriors win the Kaiser Permanente Grand Champion title at the 10th Annual San Francisco International Dragon Boat Festival.
The Dragon Warriors win the Chrysler Grand Championship title at the 9th Annual Northern California International Dragon Boat Festival.
www.dragonwarriors.org   (441 words)

  
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Basketball was a historically rich tradition in Philadelphia, and it would continue through the Syracuse Nationals, who filled the void left by the Warriors.
In their second season by the Bay, the Warriors reached the NBA Finals against none other then the Boston Celtics dynasty.
The Warriors continued to be led by the size and strength of Wilt Chamberlain, who averaged a league-high 36.9 ppg to capture his fifth consecutive scoring title.
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 The San Francisco International Comedy Competition 2004 Winners
Jim was able to take the top spot by finishing first on two occasions during the last lap comprised of the Green Room in San Francisco on opening night, Sierra Nevada Brewery in Chico, Sacramento State, the Napa Valley Opera House and concluding at Caesars Tahoe before 1,200 jazzed spectators.
Sadiki Fuller successfully completed his transition from Golden State Warriors mascot to professional comedian by placing fourth.
But when all was said and done, the competitors shared a couple bottles of Dom Perignon and it was hugs and kisses all around.
www.sanfranciscocomedycompetition.com /Pages/2004Winners.html   (362 words)

  
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